Saturday, July 18, 2009

There are many brands and models of digital camera in the market. However, how do you choose a right digital camera for yourself? One of the lessons that I learned recently is "DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE SALES PERSONS TELL YOU".

My advices on digital camera (compact) buying process are:1. Determine the budget2. Determine the purpose of buying the camera3. Survey about the cameras that fits into 1 &2 above. Determine which are the cameras that suit the criteria4. Read the reviews about the cameras that you have shortlisted.

There a lots of websites about digital camera. In the websites, you could find lots of information about digital camera. Most importantly, there are reviews about different models of camera from different brands. They have a set of standard criteria/process to test the camera and basically comparing the cameras based on the same standard. However, that's is not enough. Read about the feedback/comments from users who have bought the cameras.

5. Get the feels of the camera by actually playing with them in the shops.

Additional point:i) More pixel not necessarily means better photo. It depends on the quality of the processor. In fact, you don't need 10M if you only use it for leisure.ii) Make sure that camera can still produce good quality photo even at ISO400. In the auto mode, camera can automatically adjust the ISO and would reach high value. The recent camera I bought coudl not produce decent photo using auto scene selector mode.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I believe many parents are interested to participate in the poll on whether you agree on the decision to teach maths & science in English.

I would predict that the poll end result will be biased to one side. The reason is very simple, those who vote online are from the cities and they will support the teaching in English(they support it). However, majority of the folks from the kampung or rural area have either limited access to internet or the use of internet among them are limited(they against it).

Personally I feel that the purpose of education is to make the students absorb and understand the subjects that they study. Therefore, the teaching using the respective mother tongue makes more sense. If the government wants to strengthen the English, pay more attention on teaching of English.